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Rosy Marbled

🇳🇱 Gemarmerd heide-uiltje ·Elaphria venustula

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Rosy Marbled, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Rosy Marbled ( Elaphria venustula ) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the north. In the east, the range extends through Asia to the Pacific Ocean.

base stats

  • NL sightings 9iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,642iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,642 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1790 (236 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Rosy Marbled
Nederlands
Gemarmerd heide-uiltje
scientific name
Elaphria venustula
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Noctuidae
sightings in NL
9
sightings in Europe
3,362
sightings worldwide
3,642
GBIF records in NL
3,132
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1790 by Jacob Hübner

relatives· Noctuidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 417886, Wikidata Q390799, GBIF 1780378, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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